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  • Lockheed-NASA Team Puts Orion Spacecraft to Launch, Ascent Vibration Test
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    Lockheed-NASA Team Puts Orion Spacecraft to Launch, Ascent Vibration Test

    Lockheed Martin and NASA have completed a series of environmental tests on the Orion spacecraft to monitor how it performed during simulated launch and ascent vibrations. Engineers who conducted the Multi-Point Random Vibration Testing compared results and predictions and worked to verify the performance of at least 20 avionics and propulsion systems, Lockheed said Tuesday. The company and […] More

  • Vormetric Data Protection Tool Available on IBM Cloud; CJ Radford Comments
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    Vormetric Data Protection Tool Available on IBM Cloud; CJ Radford Comments

    Vormetric’s encryption technology is now available on the IBM Cloud marketplace for clients who want to add another layer of protection to stored data. The data-at-rest security product provides encryption and key management, policies and controls that work to restrict access to information, Vormetric said Monday. Vormetric also built security intelligence features into the product, such […] More

  • Marie Wieck: IBM Adds New Mobile App Development Studios
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    Marie Wieck: IBM Adds New Mobile App Development Studios

    IBM has moved to help customers further extend their mobile technology programs by opening new mobile development collaboration studios worldwide. The company aims to help developers build and deliver mobile apps while responding to enterprise risks through the MobileFirst program, IBM said Tuesday. Marie Wieck, general manager of MobileFirst, said IBM wants to help clients grow their businesses […] More

  • Quentin Clark: Microsoft Aims to Apply Machine Learning for Engineering
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    Quentin Clark: Microsoft Aims to Apply Machine Learning for Engineering

    Microsoft has developed three new analytics platforms for organizations to capture and manage large amounts of machine- and human-generated data, Silicon Angle reported Monday. Saroj Kar writes that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella introduced the Azure Intelligent Systems Service, SQL Server 2014 and Analytics Platform System products last week at a customer event in San Francisco. […] More

  • Vivek Rao: Unisys Adds New ClearPath Services to Help Clients Refresh App Environments
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    Vivek Rao: Unisys Adds New ClearPath Services to Help Clients Refresh App Environments

    Unisys has unveiled a new set of information technology services for customers to update their application environments with the goal of meeting their growing business demands. Users of the ClearPath application modernization services will be able to build automation, Web interfaces, mobile devices and social computing technologies for their business applications, Unisys said Tuesday. Vivek Rao, […] More

  • Mike Feldman: Xerox Rolls Out New Information Management Products
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    Mike Feldman: Xerox Rolls Out New Information Management Products

    Xerox has launched four new information management products to address an enterprise’s information security, workflow automation and print management needs. “Our three-stage strategy – assess and optimize, secure and integrate, and automate and simplify – continues to evolve with these new offerings,” Mike Feldman, president of large enterprise operations at Xerox, said Tuesday. The company’s new products include the Xerox Secure Print Manager […] More

  • Lockheed Completes R&D Phase for Unmanned Quad-Rotor, Control Station; Kevin Westfall Comments
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    Lockheed Completes R&D Phase for Unmanned Quad-Rotor, Control Station; Kevin Westfall Comments

    Lockheed Martin is moving into the operational phase of an unmanned aerial system the company is building after completing the program’s research and development stage. The company designed the Indago vertical take-off and landing quad-rotor for surveillance and emergency response operations, Lockheed said Tuesday. A handheld ground control station accompanying the unmanned system works to help […] More

  • Informatica Hits 49% Subscription Revenue Growth in Q1; Ash Kulkarni Comments
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    Informatica Hits 49% Subscription Revenue Growth in Q1; Ash Kulkarni Comments

    Informatica gained $14.5 million in subscription revenues during the first quarter of calendar year 2014, a 49 percent rise from the prior year period. The company recorded at least 2,000 subscription customers and reported 1,400 percent-revenue growth from $62.3 million in 1999 to $948.2 million in 2013, Informatica said Tuesday. Ash Kulkarni, senior vice president and […] More

  • Christopher Zannetos: Employee Education, Access Mgmt Can Support IT Security Teams
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    Christopher Zannetos: Employee Education, Access Mgmt Can Support IT Security Teams

    A new survey from Courion evaluated how the role of the information technology executive has changed and how the executive’s team tam function as a support system, Christopher Zannetos, president and CEO, said Tuesday. The report highlighted the multiple hats a chief information security officer wears as almost 60 percent of respondents see themselves as brand manager […] More

  • Boeing to Co-Host Annual Rocket Launch Competition
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    Boeing to Co-Host Annual Rocket Launch Competition

    Boeing will co-host a rocket launch competition on May 10 at its Huntington Beach, Calif. facility. with support from the Discovery Science Center and the Future Scientists and Engineers of America. The free event is for young engineers to design, build and launch their own bottle rockets and get the opportunity to meet NASA astronaut […] More

  • Wyle to Compete on $900M DoD Homeland Defense, Security Research IDIQ
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    Wyle to Compete on $900M DoD Homeland Defense, Security Research IDIQ

    Wyle will compete for task orders with 11 other companies to perform research and technical analysis work for the U.S. military’s homeland defense and security programs under a potential five-year, $900 million contract. The Defense Department‘s Information Analysis Centers Enterprise selected the contractors to help update existing military systems and develop new technology through science […] More

  • John Barron Named Tishman Construction EVP, Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager
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    John Barron Named Tishman Construction EVP, Mid-Atlantic Regional Manager

    John Barron has been appointed executive vice president and Mid-Atlantic regional manager at Tishman Construction, a subsidiary of AECOM. Barron will handle business development activities and company operations in five states and the District of Columbia, the company announced Tuesday. Tishman said Barron holds nearly 30 years of general contracting and construction management experience and […] More